Toe-clip for bicycle-pedals.



NO MODEL.

PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904* G. F. COOPER.

TOE GLIP FOR BICYCLE PEDALS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1902.

BY W ATTORNEYS UNrrnn STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

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TOE-CLIP FOR BICYCLE-PEDALS- SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 769,940, dated September 13, 1904.

Application filed April 22, 1902. Serial No. 104,175. (No model.)

To rI/Zl whom, it Hui/y concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES FREDERICK COOPER, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of Leytonstone, county of Essex, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toe-Clips forBicycle-Pedals, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to toe-clips for bicycle-pedals, the objectthereof being to pro-' vide a device of this character which isadaptable for attachment to any common form of bicycle-pedal without thenecessity of disassembling any of the pedal parts.

The device embodies a strap having a widened and tapering central partadaptable for engagement over the shoe of the rider and narrow extendedends for looping around the pedal, the ends being adapted and providedwith means for adjustable attachment with each other, lateraldisplacement of the ends being prevented by means of flexible slidingrings and interlacing attachment of one end part with the body of thedevice.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically setforth in the annexed claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a plan view of my improved device; Fig. 2, an edge elevationthereof, and Fig. 3 an end elevation of a bicycle-pedal having thedevice attached thereto.

In the practice of my invention I provide, primarily, a strap A,embodying the widened and tapered central part (0, having the contractedand elongated ends a (4 The end a is folded over upon the body part a toform the loop 1 for engagement around the inner longitudinal part 2 ofthe pedal, as B, Fig. 3 of the drawings, and the end a is bent over onthe body part a to form the loop 3 for engagement around the outerlongitudinal part 4 of the pedal. To keep the loops 1 and 3 in normalrelative arrangement with the pedal ends, expansible rings G, of rubberor other flexible material, are placed around the device above theloops, and by reason of the tapering contour of the body part of thedevice they are maintained in contact with the pedal ends to keep thedevice in normal position at right angles with the ends of the pedal. Tofurther assist in keeping the parts in proper relative arrangement, thebody part a is provided with slits (0 forming a sheath (0* forpreventing lateral movement of the end a, and this said end is connectedto the end a by means of the buckle D, which is attached to the end a ofthe device, thus providing an efiicient toe-clip for attachment to thepedal of any bicycle.

It will be seen that by this construction I do away with sewing on apiece of leather wider than the parts (b find a to take the place of thebody part a, cheapen the price of production, produce a more durableclip than could be made by such sewing, and at the same time, by meansof the slits a effectually prevent all lateral displacement of the partsa and a Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a toe-clip for adjustable anddetachable connection with the ends of a bicycle-pedal, comprising astrap embodying the integral relatively wide part a, to engage only onepart of the upper side of the foot, and having the tapered extensionsfolded on themselves, and the slits a and sheath (0, and elongatednarrow ends a and a and means for adjustably connecting said ends, andsliding rings for keeping the superposed parts together, said sheathemployed to keep the strap ends in central position over the widenedpart of the strap and the tapered parts of the strap for preventing therings from sliding upwardly, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 1st day of April, 1902.

CHARLES FREDERICK COOPER.

WVitnesses:

REGINALD WVARREN WATERS, HENRY GROVES.

